Prestige Television: Cultural and Artistic Value in Twenty-First-Century America

By: David R. Coon and Amanda Keeler and Murray Leeder and Catherine Martin and Javier Ramirez and Justin O. Rawlins and Andrew J. Bottomley and Seth Friedman and Wyatt D. Phillips and Josie Torres Barth

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Synopsis: Prestige Television explores how a growing array of 21st century US programming is produced and received in ways that elevate select series above the competition in a saturated market. Contributing authors demonstrate that these shows are positioned and understood as comprising an increasingly recognizable genre characterized by familiar markers of distinction. In contrast to most accounts of elite categorizations of contemporary US television programming that center on HBO and its primary streaming rivals, these essays examine how efforts to imbue series with prestigious or elevated status now permeate the rest of the medium, including network as well as basic and undervalued premium cable channels. Case study chapters focusing on diverse series, ranging from widely recognized examples such as The Americans (2013-2018) and The Knick (2014-15) to contested examples like Queen of the South (2016-2021) and How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014), highlight how contributing authors extend conceptions of the genre beyond expected parameters.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781978818286
Related ISBNs:: 9781978818262, 9781978818279
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 11/11/22
Copyrighted By:: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Seth Friedman
Edited by:: Amanda Keeler